ERYCINIDiE. 



MESENE PYRIPPE. 3, 4. 



Both sides. Male scarlet: both wings with the margins Ijroadly black. 

 Eeniale like the male except that it is of ditierent form and has the margins 

 narrower. 



Exp. l-^-(j inch. Hab. Brazil. (Espiritu Santo.) 

 In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 



MESENE PHILONIS. 5. 



Uppekside. Female orange : both wings with the margins black, narrow. 

 Underside as above except that it is paler and has the margins broader : the 

 costal margin of the posterior wing black. 



Exp. 1-^0 inch. Hab. Brazil. (Espiritu Santo.) 

 In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 



MESENE CAPISSENE. 6, 7. 



Upperside scarlet. Both wings with the margins black narrow : both with a line 

 of black at the end of the cell and some black spots from the costal margin beyond its 

 middle : four spots on the anterior wing, two very minute on the posterior wing : 

 anterior wing yellow on the costal margin near the apex. 



Underside as above but paler except that there are several black spots near the 

 base and a complete band of black spots crossing both wings beyond the middle. 



Exp. 1 inch. Hab. Brazil. (Espiritu Santo.) 



In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 



MESENE XYPETE. 8, 9. 

 Mesene Xypde. Hewitson. Entom. Mon. Ma(j. ri.p.iil. 



Upperside. Male scarlet. Both wings with the outer margin and a band of 

 spots near it black : anterior wing with five triangular spots and one linear spot and 

 a minute spot near the base black. 



Underside as above except that both wings are marked by several black spots 

 and have a band of yellow near the outer margin. 



Eemale like the male except that it is orange and has the apical spot from the 

 costal margin of the anterior wing and the subraarginal spots larger and that the 

 posterior wing has some spots and a second submarginal band of black. 



Exp. Ijiy inch. Hab. Nicaragua. (Chontales, Belt.) 



In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 



